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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,158 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      50% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

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      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,158 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      209K reviews
      2.0
      Jan 14, 2009

      In this market...its a job.

      Recruiter
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      Pros

      Looks great on a resume. If you can survive at Amazon, you can be successful most anywhere.

      Cons

      There is absolutely no work life balance. I'm not just speaking for my personal experience...this is accross the company at all levels and in almost all positions. The philosophy at Amazon is "live to work" NOT "work to live". Also...there is a very adversarial relationship between the internal customers and HR and business partners are completely disrespectful, bordering on abusive.

      4.0
      Jan 13, 2009

      Great place for software engineering

      Software development engineer i
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      Pros

      I highly recommend Amazon. As an engineer, you have a vast amount of resources and tools to get the job done and the infrastructure is such that you don't have to bug IT to install this and that on your servers (unlike other companies). Your team takes ownership of almost every aspect of your product, so there is a lot of opportunity to improve how it runs with limited red tape. There is a huge emphasis on working on large-scale systems which is both fun and an educational experience.

      Cons

      As owner of your product, your team will also respond to downtime, most likely with a pager rotation. Depending on your team, you might experience some micromanagement from the Senior Management, but in my experience it happened on an occasion rather than constant basis. Also, sometimes the autonomy that teams have can be detrimental to cooperation. Some times work is duplicated instead of shared properly.

      5.0
      Jan 12, 2009

      Great tech company with limited bureaucracy.

      Software development engineer
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      Pros

      There is little bureaucracy and a relatively flat hierarchy. Many members of senior management have a technical background and are very intelligent. They are also open to ideas and respectful of other employees. One of Amazon's corporate values is frugality which usually leads the company to avoid and cut unnecessary spending such as fancy furniture for senior management, or expensive benefits packages for niche groups. Amazon is a relatively efficient, fun, profitable company to work for.

      Cons

      The on call schedule can be a serious burden. It limits the ability to make and keep commitments outside of work at times and can be a drain on an employee's family. They are also starting to lose their young, lean company feel. Process sometimes trumps results.

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